Women in Onsted oust husbands in village election
In Onsted Michigan a women led slate swept the village ballot defeating all husbands. Mrs Helen Peatrost won the presidency, Lottie Eldridge defeated her brother for treasurer, and Ada Hood with Grace Stevenson were elected trustees. A local voice condemns suffrage while highlighting the voters’ decisive reversal.
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Detroit
Mich
Onsted
Pells
Helen Peatrost
Lottie Eldridge
Ada Hood
Grace Stevenson
Last Week Another Man Burned at the Stake in America
A brief harsh note reports another man burned at the stake in the United States with President Wilson abroad in Europe as part of the rhetoric about making the world safe for democracy.
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Wilson
Europe
Colored American Officers Segregated Aboard Olympic
Officers from 365th Infantry 217th Sanitary Trains 367th Infantry and 350th Field Artillery faced separate dining on the H M S Olympic while white officers and other staff sat in the main dining room. They protest that democracy is betrayed as officers with Croix de Guerre claim equal service yet unequal treatment remains. General Gerhardt and Colonel McMaster are criticized for avoiding accountability amid flag loss claims and British officials deny responsibility, calling the segregation a violation of policy and fairness.
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United States Army
America
New York
H. M
Olympic
Y.M.C.A
Gerhardt
U. S
McMaster
365Th Infantry
A. E. Dietsch
Argus
An Unstained Record by a World War I sergeant
A Cincinnati led Ohio unit 317th Engineers recalls training at Camp Sherman and front line service in France. The piece extols courage amid shell fire and German threat, urges Ohio to honor colored troops, and notes postwar pride and opportunity. It ends with miscellaneous statistical lines on lodges courts and Baptists.
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B. T. W. Nicholson
Ohio
Sherman
France
317Th Regiment of Engineers
Cincinnati
Madden Bill seeks equal rights for interstate travel
The Madden Bill H R 15338 from the 65th Congress would amend the 1887 commerce act to grant equal rights and prohibit race discrimination in interstate transportation. Presented January 29, 1919 by Mr Madden, the proposal urges Congress to enact the measure to end Jim Crow car practices and support colored travelers. Office Colored American Council, Washington, D C, asks citizens to petition Congress in support.
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Madden
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Office
Colored American Council
Seventeenth St. N. W
Washington, D. C
Congress
Colored man posed as physician jailed for unlawful practice
William Hines, a self proclaimed physician, faced two counts of unlawfully practicing medicine in police court. He claimed a Richmond Virginia medical college background but failed to explain medical terms like hardening of the arteries. Judge Alexander fined him 500 dollars and sentenced him to six months on each charge.
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William Hines
Waterloo
Hines
Richmond
Morrissey
Alexander
Col Michelson Recovers From Severe Illness
Col Michelson is slowly recovering from a severe attack of the flu that kept him bed-bound for nearly two weeks. His entire family, except his eldest son, a bright fifteen year old, are also victims of the disease. The community has shown boundless sympathy and support for his family and their generous spirit.
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Col. Michelson
Boundless
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Sampson
Delilah
Eve
Adam
Dapney
Germany
Berlin
Wall Street
England
Mie
Camp Grant
Annie Dorsey
Cutter Street
A. Dorsey
G. G. Latimer
16Th
O. 161St Depot Brigade
N. Y. Age
Courts
Calanthe
United States
J. E. Johnsoy
POP
J. P. Foote
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